Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,777, David Eaton, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
76 76
Eaton, David
8 16.777
CONTENTS
Carded

4163 New Hampshire
Died 13 Nov 1848
David Eaton
of Wearebrook in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Prescott of the regiment commanded by Colonel Lovett in the New Hampshire line for her services nine or ten days
Shed Stockton
June 20/55
Lt S. H. Burner
June 25/55
Enrolled in the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 20 Dollars per month per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Let Source 9 Aug 1833
Copy of Pension issued the 14th day of January 1833 and dated at Mt. Pleasant Co. New Jersey per Maj. J. C. Russell
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 $ 31.30 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 33 10.44
$ 41.74
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by Book D
A. B. Adams Clerk, Vol. 151 Page 153

Seven
Wood Eaton
1607

I, colonel in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of New Hampshire: County of Rockingham ss.
On this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court where they appeared: David Eaton to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Declaration and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
David Eaton, a resident of Seabrook in the county of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as here in statute 1832.
The first enlisted at said Seabrook in the company commanded by Captain Prescott, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Washburne, in which he served as a private the full term of three months. Enlisted in July 1776, and was discharged at New York, in the town of Newburgh, on first of December following.
Also enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Smith, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith, and said company was in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in said company at Seabrook and served in August, September, October, November, and December 1776, and was discharged in December following at Newburgh.
was born in said Seabrook and has always resided there until when in said Seabrook
He has no other claim to any pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that the same is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Witnesseth my hand
his David Eaton
sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid
Mark
I James  James a magistrate, residing in Seabrook the said day personally appeared David Eaton, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Declaration, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. That he is seventy-five years of age; that he is separated, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to before
James
James
11 B There is no Blissman in Seabrook

Wadsworth's Creek or the Creek of the Indians.

State of Massachusetts. County of Essex City of Newburyport
ss.
On this 11th day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Theoda Messer, in behalf of myself and my brothers Abraham Eaton Joseph Eaton and Mahala Wortley and Catherine Robinson heirs of David Eaton resident of Salisbury in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that they are the children and heirs at Law of David Eaton of Seabrook in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the army of the revolution, and received a pension certificate for twenty dollars and eighty seven cents per annum from the 4 th March 1831, the certificate dated 11 th January 1833. That the said David Eaton died the 13 th of November 1818. The certificate is as follows viz.
War Department.
Revolutionary claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832. David Eaton of the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the army of the revolution is entitled to receive twenty dollars and eighty seven cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831. and payable semi annually on the 4 th March and 4 th of September in every year.
(Given at the War Office of the United States this fourteenth day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.)
See Certs
Examined and,
Countersigned S. P. Edwards.
(No 11163)
The s d may make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining additional pension that may have been due him, or bounty if any may be due according to the Laws of the United States
Theoda Messer
Sworn to, and subscribed, before me the day and year above written.
J. H. Currier Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts, County of Essex City of Newburyport ss.
On this fourteenth day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five. We Nathan Follenbach and Joseph Huse of Newburyport upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed in our presence and acknowledged by Rhoda Messer, in our presence,
and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Nathan Follenbach Joseph Huse
Sworn to, and subscribed, before me the day & year, above written.
William Merrill Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts. County of Essex City of Newburyport } ss.
On this 14 th day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five. Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Nathan Follenbeck and Joseph Hase on oath testify and declare, as citizens of Newburyport, that we are well acquainted with Rhoda Hase, the Daughter of David Cuten of Seabrook aged 87 that her name before marriage was Rhoda Cuten. that we have heard that David Cuten was a private in the revolutionary war from the State of New Hampshire, and received a pension during his natural life, from March 1 st 1831.
And we do believe the declaration made by her in behalf of herself & the other heirs is true to the best of our knowledge and that we have no interest in this claim.
Nathan Follenbeck Joseph Hase
Sworn to and subscribed, before me this 14 th day of June 1855.
J. W. Merrill Justice of the Peace.

1837
David D. Palmer
on Roll Capt. Stewart to Port Jack's Regt on Roll Capt. Stewart to 3 rd & 8 day W. E.
6 Mar & 8 day
all
W. Hampshire Agt
Return to
W. W. Hart Agt
Newbury Port
Mass

65. 5. 7
BRIEF in the case of  David Paton of Newburgh  in the State of  New Hampshire Rockingham County  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     Aug 1 st In 1776 3 Private Genl. Prescott Col. Danks   Aug 1 st or Sept th - 77 3 " Col. Lovitt Col. Lovitt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newburgh  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? No living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

11/1/72 INVALID.
File No. 1, 1, 1
1, 1, 1 1, 1, 1
Act: 7, 1, 1
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 1, 1, 1
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
I John Prince Junr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas lying in Salem in the said county do hereby certify that the within copy of the said order is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Salem this 15th day of August 1822.
John Prince Clerk

I Salvanus Eaton, of Scituate, in the county of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy six years, am oath do testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with David Estlin of the said Scituate, and do know that he was a private soldier, and served in the company commanded by Captain Prescott, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Stark, New Hampshire. Nothing in the year 1776 and I do know that he served in said company from August to December of that year, the full term of three months. I was a private in the same company, and we were discharged together at New York. Salisbury June 21. 1832. his Salvanus Eaton mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Eden ss June 21 1832 Then Salvanus Eaton, above named, who is personally known to me, personally came, and made oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the above written declaration by him subscribed in my presence — And I do certify also that said Salvanus Eaton is believed by me to be a credible witness — J. W. H. O. A. S. S. Clerk of the Peace

I Levi Eaton, of Scituate, in the county of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with David Eaton, of said Scituate, and do hereby certify that he enlisted in the year 1777 in Capt. Sanett's Company, and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dyer, New Hampshire Militia, and that he served in the said Company, the full term of three months, I was a soldier in the same Company (a) Some of the time taken, and we were both discharged our returns together as far as Concord. — Scituate June 21 1832. Levi Eaton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. June 21 1832. Then Levi Eaton above named, who is personally known to me, personally came, and made oath in due form of Law, to the truth of the above written declaration by him subscribed in my presence, and I do hereby also that said Levi Eaton is believed by me to be a credible witness.
W. W. Oakes, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
District of Newburyport, COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
I hereby Certify, That William C. Leavitt , Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, for and within the County of Essex, in said Commonwealth, that his Commission is dated 10 January 1856 , A.D. 1856, and will expire 10 January 1860 , A.D. 1860, that full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and that his signature to the annexed resignation is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of the Police Court, of Newburyport, for and within the said District, in said County. This _____ vi; _____ day of _____, A. D. 185_____.
Joseph H. H. H. H. H. Clerk.

Treasury Department, Third Auditor's Office June 23 d 1835
Sir, I herewith return to you the paper in the case of Ward Easton received from you yesterday, under date of the 20 th Inst. and have to inform you that it is an record in this Office that his pension has been paid up to 20 Sept 1828.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant Robt J. Minnis Auditor
Lt. Col. W. L. Eng. Washington, D. C.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of David Patten which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? Yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
VII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Yes
VIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
(Handwritten line)
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

Newburyport June 16 1833 Hon L. P. Waldo, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
herewith you will receive the claim of Rhoda Messer, & other heirs of David Daton.. for pension, or bounty, if any is due, by the Laws of the United States.
I am very respectfully Your Obt Servt.
J. H. Currier.